Engineering:Message picture

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Short description: Film intended to communicate sociopolitical ideas as well as entertain

A message picture (or message movie)[1] is a motion picture that, in addition to or instead of being for entertainment, intends to communicate a certain message or ideal about society.

Characteristics

Message pictures usually present the message they want to deliver in the form of a morality play, and are usually serious (often somber) works. However, not all message pictures are entirely serious, and there are also films spoofing the genre (Sullivan's Travels, for example).[2]

History

Dore Schary was famous for his message pictures at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the late 1940s and early to mid-1950s. Among these were Tea and Sympathy, Bad Day at Black Rock, and Blackboard Jungle.[3] Other famous message pictures by other parties include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night[4] (the former directed by Stanley Kramer, who was also well known for numerous message films).[5]

In Indian cinema, B.R. Chopra was known for message pictures. Examples include Kanoon (against capital punishment), Naya Daur (importance of labour), Waqt (importance of time and destiny), Nikaah (against triple talaq (divorce) among Muslims), etc.[6]

Examples

Pre-1970

  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • Salt of the Earth (1954)
  • Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
  • Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  • Tea and Sympathy (1956)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • I Want to Live! (1958)
  • On the Beach (1959)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  • The Connection (1961)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  • The Intruder (1962)
  • A Child Is Waiting (1963)
  • Fail Safe (1964)
  • Seconds (1966)
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
  • In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Post-1970

  • Billy Jack (1971)
  • The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • Gandhi (1982)
  • White Dog (1982)
  • The Color Purple (1985)
  • Stand and Deliver (1988)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Philadelphia (1993)
  • Schindler's List (1993)
  • Amistad (1997)
  • American History X (1998)
  • American Beauty (1999)
  • The Cider House Rules (1999)
  • Music of the Heart (1999)
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Pay It Forward (2000)
  • Remember the Titans (2000)
  • The Devil's Backbone (2001)
  • I Am Sam (2001)
  • House of Sand and Fog (2003)
  • The Sea Inside (2004)
  • Crash (2004)
  • Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
  • American Gun (2005)
  • Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
  • Babel (2006)
  • Blood Diamond (2006)
  • Coach Carter (2006)
  • Wall-E (2008)
  • Avatar (2009)
  • Courageous (2011)
  • God Bless America (2011)
  • Where to Invade Next (2015)
  • Get Out (2017)
  • The Hate U Give (2018)
  • Us (2019)
  • Don't Look Up (2021)
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
  • Barbarian (2022)
  • Smile (2022)
  • X (2022)
  • Pearl (2022)
  • M3GAN (2023)
  • Barbie (2023)
  • Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
  • Oppenheimer (2023)
  • The Zone of Interest (2023)

Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Notable directors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Teaching History with Message Movie - Google Books
  2. ↑ "Sullivan's Travels" (in en). https://www.criterion.com/films/657-sullivan-s-travels. 
  3. ↑ Film Producer Dore Schary, 74, Dies - The Washington Post
  4. ↑ "In the Heat of the Night" (in en). https://www.criterion.com/films/29459-in-the-heat-of-the-night. 
  5. ↑ Bergan, Ronald (2001-02-21). "Obituary: Stanley Kramer" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/feb/21/guardianobituaries.filmnews. 
  6. ↑ BR Chopra – Upperstall.com
  7. ↑ The Best Message Movies of All Time - Flickchart
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  14. ↑ Top 10 Classic Films With a Social Message - ThoughtCo.
  15. ↑ The Best Message Movies of All Time - Flickchart
  16. ↑ The 10 Most Heavy-Handed Message Movies|Complex
  17. ↑ 6 Things You Might Not Have Known About Billy Jack|Mental Floss
  18. ↑ "Powerful Message Behind Hit Movie "Barbie"". https://www.seminolenewspaper.com/powerful-message-behind-hit-movie-barbie/. 
  19. ↑ "Get Out's Cinematographer Reveals the Methods Behind Jordan Peele's Brilliant Madness" (in en-US). 2017-12-27. https://www.motionpictures.org/2017/12/get-outs-cinematographer-reveals-methods-behind-jordan-peeles-brilliant-madness-2/. 
  20. ↑ Randall, Melissa; Jiménez, Paula Rey; Jiménez, Melissa Randall and Paula Rey (2023-06-21). "The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Meaning and Themes" (in en-US). https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-meaning/. 
  21. ↑ Weeks, Andrew (2023-07-27). "Oppenheimer: A masterful film with a haunting message" (in en). https://www.hjnews.com/opinion/columns/oppenheimer-a-masterful-film-with-a-haunting-message/article_5ea6fdd2-2be1-11ee-aee4-dfefd808d446.html. 
  22. ↑ Krishnan, Gaurav (2023-03-03). "Why Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is More Relevant Than Ever" (in en). https://movieweb.com/why-oppenheimer-is-so-relevant-now/. 
  23. ↑ Dominguez, Andrew; Minchin, Amanda (2023-02-13). "10 Horror Movies That Deliver Important Messages About Society" (in en). https://movieweb.com/horror-movies-that-deliver-important-messages/. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Brown, Aleisha (2023-04-23). "10 Best Socially Conscious Horror Movies of the 21st Century" (in en). https://collider.com/best-horror-movies-with-a-message-21st-century/. 
  25. ↑ 2023's Top Movie Data Proves That Barbie Happened At Just The Right Time - ScreenRant
  26. ↑ Roman, Julian (2023-06-29). "Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Review: A Clever Girl Power Message with Vivid Animation" (in en). https://movieweb.com/ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken-review/. 
  27. ↑ The Zone of Interest: A Holocaust movie with a message for our moment - Slate Magazine
  28. ↑ "The Hate U Give Is a Black Lives Matter Movie Designed for Anyone Willing to Listen". Slate. October 5, 2018. https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/the-hate-u-give-movie-review-adaptation.html. Retrieved May 16, 2025. 
  29. ↑ The Best Message Movies of All Time - Flickchart
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